.\" Generated by the Allegro makedoc utility
.TH ustrerror 3alleg4 "version 4.4.3" "Allegro" "Allegro manual"
.SH NAME
ustrerror \- Returns a string describing errno. Allegro game programming library.\&
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <allegro.h>

.sp
.B const char *ustrerror(int err);
.SH DESCRIPTION
This function returns a string that describes the error code `err', which
normally comes from the variable `errno'. Example:

.nf
   PACKFILE *input_file = pack_fopen("badname", "r");
   if (input_file == NULL)
      allegro_message("%s\\nSorry!\\n", ustrerror(errno));
.fi
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
Returns a pointer to a static string that should not be modified or
freed. If you make subsequent calls to ustrerror(), the string will be
overwritten.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR uconvert (3alleg4),
.BR allegro_error (3alleg4)